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Smart City Politics: Are Smart City Projects in f ...
The changes we're seeing in the political landscape have the immediate potential to fundamentally reshape the direction of the Sm ...
Case Studies
Ciena Helps States Implement Intelligent Transpor ...
Ciena can bring state DOT networks to a ‘carrier-grade’ level to provide the bandwidth required to support the growing number of ...
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How the State of Maryland Uses an Adaptive Networ ...
Ciena and Government Technology discuss the State of Maryland’s path to innovation and how governments throughout the country can ...
Infobriefs
Creating an Apples-to-Apples Comparison of Dark F ...
This paper offers suggestions for structuring RFPs to ensure an ‘apples-to-apples’ comparison between dark fiber self-provisioned ...
White Papers
Ready for Fast and Unpredictable Change: How the ...
This paper is based on a nationwide CDG 2020 survey of nearly 100 state and local government IT leaders across government agencie ...
Articles
Winds of Change in Smart Cities?
Ciena’s Daniele Loffreda reflects on the evolution in what he’s hearing from CIOs and others in the smart city movement.
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U.S. broadband funding: Off to the races
The distribution of billions of dollars in U.S. federal funds towards broadband infrastructure has begun. Ciena’s Mitch Simcoe hi ...
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Managed NOC
Turning over management of your full network to someone else can sometimes seem like a big step.
Infobriefs
Optimizing Network Operations to Meet Modern Dema ...
Network optimization is an essential tactic for ensuring organizations have the on-demand connectivity and performance that moder ...
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Secure Supply Chain for Governments: 2020 securit ...
Ciena takes a comprehensive approach toward maintaining the security and continuity of its supply chain.
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Fiber Characterization
In our live demonstration, we will show the coexistence of XGS-PON and 25GS-PON on the same single fiber, enabling both residenti ...
Articles
How to Ensure Your K12 Broadband Network Makes th ...
Daniele Loffreda, Ciena's education networks expert, details what your K12 Broadband network needs to be ready.
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Intelligent multi-layer operations with Navigator ...
Learn how Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite provides a single point of control to visualize and optimize multi-layer networ ...
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EdTech: 6 Reasons Why Your E-Rate Funding Request ...
Wondering why your E-Rate funding request was denied or delayed? Ciena's SLED & Healthcare Industry Advisor, Daniele Loffreda, ex ...
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5 ways to future-proof your network today to supp ...
It’s impossible to predict what networks will be required to handle in the coming years, especially when it comes to the internet ...
Infobriefs
Bringing Network Connectivity Up to Speed for Mod ...
The shift to remote work and the increasing reliance on digital constituent services have highlighted the importance of high-spee ...
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Defending the smart city: 3 aspects to a holistic ...
With all the hype around Smart Cities today, you’d think they are ubiquitous. But even though there are a few high-profile exampl ...
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Five K-12 Trends That Will Make Life Interesting ...
A new year and a new administration meets a K-12 technology evolution that is rolling along full steam. Will there be changes tha ...
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EdTech update: 4 requirements for networks suppor ...
Ciena's Andrew Roberts details the bandwidth requirements for the latest EdTech applications.
White Papers
Defending the Smart City
With all the hype around ‘Smart’ Cities, you would think they are ubiquitous. With their many potential threats to the network ut ...
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Managed Spares and Engineering Dispatch
Managed Spares and Engineering Dispatch to ensure replacements of failed equipment are performed quickly and accurately by our ex ...
Articles
Is your network putting the brakes on your intell ...
As intelligent transportation system (ITS) applications become more sophisticated, ensuring network uptime has become increasingl ...
Infobriefs
Transportation Network Modernization
To overcome these growing challenges and fully capture the benefits of ITS technologies, departments of transportation need a mod ...
Application Notes
Protecting In-Flight Data: Network Encryption for ...
Modern government depends increasingly on the secure collection and distribution of information among agencies and citizens. At t ...